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Inmate Injured In Attack

January 16th, 2016 by WCBC Radio

Authorities say a 26-year-old inmate was attacked in a stairwell at a western Maryland prison and cut on his face and neck. The Herald-Mail reports that Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman Gerard Shields said the inmate was attacked by an unknown assailant Wednesday night at the Maryland Correctional Institution.  He says the inmate was taken to Meritus Medical Center with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening. Shields says the inmate was serving a seven-year, 11-month sentence for robbery and drug charges at the medium-security prison.

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